233 occurrences

'Disciples' in the Bible

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsLargenessBeggingCrowds Around JesusUsing RoadsDisciples' Movements

Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

Verse ConceptsUnfruitfulnessThe Disciples Reactions

When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

Verse ConceptsEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

He called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

Verse ConceptsOutdoingChrist With His Disciples

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesProphecies Said By JesusThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The Temple

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Verse ConceptsPassover lambTypesThe Disciples Words

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesWater ContainersMan Providing WaterCarrying Other Loads

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

Verse ConceptsGuestsOther References To The DisciplesPrivate RoomsGuest Rooms

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsThe Disciples Reactions

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalPrivacyPeople Sitting DownChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus Praying

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."

Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeSeeing The Risen ChristTelling Of Jesus

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsSectsStatusTax CollectorsMurmuringDisputesGrumbling At PeopleOpposition To Christ From ScribesFinding Fault With Jesus

Then they said to him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink."

Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfAsceticism, People PracticingPharisees, Beliefs OfPrayer, Practicalities OfDisciples Of John The BaptistEating And DrinkingWho Will FastFastingFasting And Prayer

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The Sabbath

When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

Verse ConceptsOrdinationTwelve DisciplesChosen DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

Verse ConceptsSermon On The MountCoastlandsChrist Going DownHearing ChristJesus HealingOther References To The Disciples

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoRiches, Believers AttitudesChrist SeeingBlessings Of The PoorChrist Speaking To DisciplesPeople Of The Kingdom

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

John's disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

Verse ConceptsDisciples Of John The BaptistTelling Of Jesusluck

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out,

Verse ConceptsBoatsCrossing To The Other SideThe CrossDiscipleshipsailinglakes

(Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

Verse ConceptsFiftiesFive ThousandReclining To EatNumbers Of Malesgroups

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Verse ConceptsThankfulnessThanksgivingFive ThingsThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTwo AnimalsGiving Food And DrinkThanking God For FoodBreadFishFeeding The Poor

Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGreatness Of DisciplesDiscipleshipgreatness

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

Verse ConceptsLightningVindictivenessFire From HeavenGod Acts From HeavenDiscipleship

Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Verse ConceptsPrivacyChrist Speaking To DisciplesThe Faculty Of Sight

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

Verse ConceptsHabitsJohn The BaptistTeachablenessChrist TeachingThe Disciples WordsDisciples Of John The BaptistEnd Of ActionsJesus PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingFinishing Strong

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheThriftWasteChrist Speaking To DisciplesWealthy PeoplePropertyA Fool And His Money Shall PartMoney Managementpossessionsaccusationsaccounting

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Verse ConceptsSonsChrist Speaking To DisciplesMinistry Of The Son Of ManTimes Of The ChristDiscipleship

Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesEating Corpses

Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

Verse ConceptsRebukeSensitivityTouchTouching For HealingThe Disciples ReactionsChildren And The Kingdom

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToPraise, Examples OfThe Disciples ReactionsSpecific Praising Of God

As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

Verse ConceptsListeningHearing ChristChrist Speaking To Disciples

and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

Verse ConceptsGuestsOther References To The DisciplesWhere Are Things?Private RoomsGuest Rooms

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

Verse ConceptsDisciples' Movements

When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessSorrowTirednessUnhappinessUnreliabilityChrist With His Disciples

Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesThe Next DayDisciples Of John The Baptist

When John's two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Verse ConceptsTwo Disciples

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

Verse ConceptsAndrewCommitment, to Jesus Christcredibility

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Earthly FamilySeveral DaysDisciples' MovementsHalf brothers

So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfRememberingUnderstandingBelieving ProphetsChrist Would RiseDiscipleshipJesus Death

After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritChristian BaptismDisciples' MovementsBaptism

Now a dispute came about between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistRitual WashingDiscussionsDisciples Of John The BaptistPurifying Oneself

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChristian BaptismBaptismDiscipleship

(For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.)

Verse ConceptsLeavingDisciples' Movements

Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

Verse ConceptsMarvellingSeeking For Concrete ThingsThe Disciples ReactionsIndividuals Being SilentWhy Does Jesus Do This?Woman's Placesurprises

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something."

Verse ConceptsRabbiPeople EatingThe Disciples Words

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him anything to eat, did they?"

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthThe Disciples WordsPeople Providing Food

So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sitting DownOther References To The Disciples

One of Jesus' disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

Verse ConceptsAndrew

When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted."

Verse ConceptsFrugalityGathering FoodPlenty Through ChristRemaining FoodFilling PeopleNo LossBeing Lostgathering

The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

Verse ConceptsBoatsOne Material ThingDisciples' Movementslakes

So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Verse ConceptsSeeking ChristCrowds SeekingBoatsDisciples' MovementsGone Away

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

Verse ConceptsAwarenessGrumblingChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Disciples WordsComplainingcriticism

So Jesus' brothers advised him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Earthly FamilyChrist's WorkOther References To The DisciplesHalf brothersSiblingscriticism

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"

Verse ConceptsdiseasesRabbiHereditySins Of The FathersThe Disciples WordsSin Brings SicknessWhat Sin?BlindnessFamily Problems

He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?"

Verse ConceptsWhy Do Others Do This?Discipleship

They heaped insults on him, saying, "You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!

Verse ConceptsDiscipleship

Then after this, he said to his disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

Verse ConceptsChrist Speaking To Disciples

The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"

Verse ConceptsRabbiChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoning

Then the disciples replied, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthThe Disciples Words

Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDisciples' MovementsTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristOther References To The Disciples

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

Verse ConceptsRememberingUnderstandingRemembering ChristNot Understanding SayingsScriptures Fulfilled

He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

Verse ConceptsFeetFeet WashingBasinsJesus Christ, Meekness OfHumility Of ChristWater ContainersPeople Drying Things UpPouring WaterCare Of FeetServantsAblution

Jesus replied, "The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you."

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingPurity, Moral And SpiritualClean FeetCare Of Feetcleansing

The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLooking Intently At PeopleUncertain Thingsuncertainty

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

Verse ConceptsJesus Returning To The FatherSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristThe Disciples WordsChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The EndThe Father

His disciples said, "Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithThe Disciples WordsPlainnessSpeech

When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.

Verse ConceptsValleysCrossing To The Other SideDisciples' Movements

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)

Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristDisciples' MovementsPeople With General Knowledge

The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, "You're not one of this man's disciples too, are you?" He replied, "I am not."

Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersOther References To The Disciples

While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Verse ConceptsInterrogatingOther References To The DisciplesRiversEducation

Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?" Peter denied it: "I am not!"

Verse ConceptsWarmingOther References To The Disciplesdenial

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Verse ConceptsCowardiceJews, TheKeysSundayPeace, Human Destruction OfSabbath, In NtMiracles Of ChristResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesFear, Of PersecutionThe First Day Of The WeekShutting DoorsEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesFear Of EnemiesPraying Behind Closed DoorsPeace To You

The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"

Verse ConceptsFingersBodydoubtersdoubt, results ofIndecisionUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Examples OfNailsChrist's HandsSeeing The Risen ChristDoubting The ResurrectionFingers Of PeopleSide Of PeopleSigns Attending ChristCrucifixion, Of Christscars

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

μαθητεύω 
Matheteuo 
Usage: 2

μαθήτρια 
Mathetria 
Usage: 1

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